Red Spies in the U.S.

From the jacket: RED SPIES IN THE U.S. by George Carpozi Jr. A Hollywood celebrity ... a multimillionaire . . . a brush and bristle exporter ... a psychiatrist ... an Army sergeant ... a high school fullback: typical Americans -and typical Red spies. In this chilling expose of Russian cloak and-dagger activities, ace reporter George Carpozi chronicles the never-ending Soviet plot to destroy the United States from within. In spite of summit meetings, in spite of the billions in trade America is pouring into Russia, the subversion goes on. Crisply paced, packed with facts that render any James Bond thriller child's play by comparison, Red Spies in the U.S. is a classic of espionage reporting-and a case book on Soviet subversion. Among the items revealed here: the tiny town in Lithuania that spawned a U.S. spy colony ... three goals of Red agents ... the lady investment broker who slept around and reported back to Moscow ... the Chicago passport center for Communist spies ... how Hearst was smeared by a Soviet agent ... the OSS lieutenant who spied for Russia ... Beria's recruiting methods ... the huge witness fee pocketed by defecting Red agents (never returned, of course) ... and Z-2, Poland's intelligence unit for subverting Western embassy staffers. George Carpozi covered most of these stories. In one, he was instrumental in proving the identity of a mysterious "Englishman." He reveals that Red spy networks still operate in the U.S., despite the FBI's yeoman work. He analyzes the personality types who take money to spy on their own country. He unravels some of the tight fabric of Red spying-a pattern more intricate than in any Mafia family. It all adds up to a shocker, more genuinely exciting than a spy thriller. And a jolting reminder that the Cold War is still hot.